The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

WEEKLY COURIER.
G. DoANE. Publisher.
JASPER. INDIANA
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Nejso from Everywhere.
An expedition OF Swcdcs and Bclgians
icft Antwerp On the 18th for the Congo
country.
DrREcroR ruoRxE Of Cordova observa-
tory, South America, has discovered
PuuApELPHrA ministers in mass-meet-
ING on tho 2<th. denounced the ballet a.
and immoral.
STATISTICS Of the American whale fab
cries show the business 70 have been dis
sstrous the past season.
II il stated that French military oficers
are making extensive purchases Of horses
and mules in the spanish provinces
The President OF the United States 4
asked 70 act Is arbitrator between Costs
Rica and Nicaragua on the boundary CUES
ton.
NAyoR Gro1cE LocKwooD.of New York
has resigned his position ~ chief clerk Q
the Interior Department, aftereight years
= AusrRo-HrxoARY Germany and kussi'
have agreed upon instructions 20 the ap
bassadors It Constantinople regsroinl
Bulgaria
TIM annual examination at West Poin
was completed on the 2lst. Ihirty,nin
cadets wers found deficient and have pee
dismissed.
Owrxo to its length and delay n ~ "a
crossing tho Interstate Commesce - y.
had not been laid before the rresioeh' =
his action up to the 24tn-
49, oliver dollar circulate IL now
Ginning very rapidly, the return OF tne'
coins daily 70 the treasury being Tar IN 9
ceas Of the amount issued
- Il said that Justices Murray q
,-.v ~ the United States Supren
Cent will refuse TO sit in the teieph'
49,. - account OF interest OF relativ' /.
prrxn McGEocH has won the Am
.rif hroueht against him at Nil AWE,
Dar;el wells. Jr., on matters E owing
Of the great lard deal in whf a Peter
involved
PnrxcEs ALEXANDER and Francis
Battenberg. who are " .sveliuv incogn
under the name Of u . Barcns Halter
arrived 1t Milan on 1hc 25th, and proc
ed 70 Genoa.
THE recent b md call leaves only t4o,'
900 Of three p or cent bonds outstand
II b Secretary Manning's purpose 70
these in -four calls % rapidly a. the
enues permit
TnnRE were less than fifty visitors
The Presidents reception on the Attn
crowd was 90 small that the President
not 20 down stairs, but received then
the Cabinet-room-
THE ice castle at Montrealis nearly
pleted, and preliminary uiumina
and pyrotechnic disply on the night o.
22d. demonstrated the beauty and ef
iveness Of the design
TnE Lo lizard tobacco factory stri
st Jersey City. N. J., determined TO
turn 70 work on the 24th- The hrm
not increase wages and will reduce
force fully Ten per cent
rnr Secretary Of the Treasury ha'
signatcd elass7.0oo in three per
bonds for which the cash will be read
their redemption on March I, after y
date interest will cease.
A SENSATION in social life IT Wasl
con was created on the Sd when . ]
Of unlimited guests It . private enter
ment q the residence of the British y
ter were invited TO retire By the -
West
TuE final dress rehearsal Of the
work Of Sir Arthur Sullivan and
Gilbert. which - to be made known I
world under the suggestive title Of :
dygore; or, the Witches Curse"
place on the 2lst in the Savoy The
London
THE friends Of the trade-doliar RED
tion are endeavoring 70 bring ab
reconciliation among members OF
House coinage committee While
present division continues they b
Messrs. Bland and Lanham will pr
consideration Of the bill
TIM Treasury Department has re-
the nrst impressions Of the new nv
lar silver certificate. II has q port
President Grant on it, face and
back the group OF i've silver dollars
back II the most artistic yet produs
che engraving department
THE Secretary Of War sent to the !
on the 18th, with an Enforcement
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